WIP Wednesday -- OH SEW MUCH STUFF to SAY!

It SEAMS like I have SEW much to post about today...  Here it goes...

I'm thrilled that I finished my Short & Sweet (Kim Diehl pattern) quilt.



I finished Clue #4 of the Unity QA with Bonnie Hunter.  I substituted churn dashes for stars.



I FINISHED my gingerbread man quilt!  Woohoo for two finishes this week to chalk them off the list.



I added another simple round to the SSSSQ with Kevin the Quilter.  This was the kinda scary round when I had to trim those green triangles.  It turned out ok.  The right side doesn't look right in this photo because it isn't laying flat.  Whew... glad that round is done.  Now I can work on the next section as a leader/ender of another project like the Unity QA.

My sister in law is making great use of the masks that I made for her.  I LOVE her photos in her work gear that she texts to me.  She's the best!

My husband has been working on projects at home as well.  Here he is working on his homemade SAWMILL.  Did I tell you how amazing he is lately?  He's a mechanical genius in my book.

It's garden time.  Here's my little garden area.  I finally mowed it this week.  Oh, that red thing to the right?  It's an ocean container that my husband bought for me a couple of years ago.  It is MY outdoor storage area.  I keep my gardening and chicken things in it because it is next to the chicken coop.  Unfortunately the tractor is part of the "gardening" stuff, so I have to share the other end of the storage with the tractor.  Ha ha.

All plowed and turned over.  The chickens and ducks will do some happy bug and worm hunting tomorrow.  It will be a new playground for them for a while.  Then I'll have to be careful and keep them in once I plant things so that they don't eat the seeds or pull out my plants.

Here's a picture taken before I "mowed" the garden.  You can see the general area of where the chickens, ducks, and cats live.  This was the day my husband had to haul away the flowering pear tree part the broke off during a windstorm.

AND this is just a basket of cuteness the day before the mom decided to move the kittens from the cat box to the chicken coop.  I think she may be annoyed of me for handling her kittens.

Left to right... Goldie, Ezra, Newman, and LuLu (boy, girl, boy, girl.)

See that little speck of orange on top of the dirt pile?  That's our son searching for treasure!  He often wears bright colors because he LOVES them and it's easier for us to spot him when he's off adventuring like this.

I'm so excited he found this Cracker Jack toy in the dirt pile!  It's from 1943.  It's not worth a lot, BUT I did find a pic of it on eBay to help us identify a little about it.  Isn't it so cool?

I still can't see all the good work I did cleaning out my flowerbed due to "stuff" piled in front of it.

During home learning time I have been bringing in one kitten at a time and "whispering" them.  Shhhh don't tell my husband that the kittens are in the house--and on the table!  Haha.

Chia Sophia (Sophia from the Golden Girls) is still having some hair problems.  Guess the salons being closed as effected her well being too.  LOL.

I currently have 67 on-going projects.    TWO dropped off the list this week!

Pieces Still Need to be Cut & Sewn

1.  Cheddar Jack cat pattern from Mama Spark's World 

2.  Digging up Bones (Owen's dinosaur quilt)

3.  Rock Island Campfire Quilt

4.  Picadilly Circle

5.  ...And Sew On BOM at Quiet Play (one block to go)

6.  Go Four It! -- Scrappy 4-patches started as leader/ender June 2017

7.  Patriotic Folk Animals (from Americana Quilts Book) -- hand work-- found the book 8/8/19!

8.  Parallelogram Strings -- 2019 String Along at Humble Quilts, started 1.31.19
9.   Leah Day Building Blocks QA
10.  Jelly Roll Rug
11.  Classic Meets Modern BOM
12.  Mod Mod QA (turning this one into a baby quilt) (from block Lotto, mostly circles w/lines)

13.  Owl's Well That Ends Well (RSC19 project started 1.26.19)

14.  Kevin the Quilter's Sapphire Stars Mystery (started Summer 2017) 

15.  Temperature QA (2019 block-a-day according to high and low temps--changed to table topper.)

16.  Kite Girl (RSC14)

17.  Amish Country BOM (from Lynn, Johnna's mom)

18.  Cabins at the Lake (from Fons & Porter Magazine) (only one house block complete.)

19.   2.5" Scraps from Dani making "cracker" blocks

20.  Sand Castles -- Bonnie Hunter string quilt started January, 2019 -- an RSC project

21.  Little Houses (3.5" blocks)

22.  Pumpkins & the Beanstalk (a second quilt.)

23.  Set of note cards and envelopes

24.  Simply Summer Sensational QA with Kevin the Quilter 2.5" blocks (started 6.27.19)

25.  Slabs with White Rectangle (RSC14 started -- need blocks each month)

26.  Bonnie Hunter Box Kite class from March, 2017 (Will make baby quilt.)

27.  Kevin the Quilter 2019 Mystery Quilt -- SSSSQ, 1.5" squares

28.  2015 Orange, pink, grey kite blocks (from Accuquilt die, RSC17)

29.  Maroon Sampler Quilt

30.  Gypsy Wife QA (started again with Angie at Gnome Angel, August 2017) (2019 QA)

31.  Kathleen Tracy’s 2019 Mystery Quilt -- Facebook QA started in March, 2019. 

32.  2016 Plus Blocks (from left over pieces of Soul Searching blocks)

33.  RSC16 Folk Art Birds

34.  Waffle Blocks (August 2019) RSC19

35.  Kevin the Quilter 2019 Mystery Quilt -- SSSSQ, 2.5 " squares

36.  Gingerbread Men pattern by Edyta Sitar started November, 2019

37.  Linen & Threads Mystery SAL, Started 1/1/20 for my sew-to-go bag.

38.  Dresser Scarf (my grandma's printed WIP from the 70's) 1/1/20 for my sew-to-go bag.

39.  Veggie Patch (from Katie Mae Quilts)

40.  Unity Quilt Along with Bonnie Hunter,  (started 4/1/2020.)

Blocks Still Need to be Made

1.  Bluepatch Mystery Quilt

2.  Scrap Crystals (working on blue pieces for RSC15)

3.  We Can Do It Skill Builder Sampler

4.  Drunkard's Path Variation baby quilt

5.  Finding Nemo Scrappy Trip quilt (my seams don't match Julianne's seams...)

Blocks are made but need to be sewn together (and/or some sashing)
1.  Block Swap Adventure Orange/Yellow Sampler (2011-2012)
2.  Cruise blocks won from Libby
3.  Orange/Blue Fish Blocks (that I won)
4.  Split Stars (blocks won from Block Lotto; October, 2012)
5.  African Violet baby quilt (Block Lotto inspired)
6.  Tall Fly (blocks won from Block Lotto, February, 2013)

7.  Fortune Teller (RSC14 started)--It's not long enough...needs 4 more blocks

8.  Sonja's Windows string quilt 

9.   Block Swap Adventure (2013) Churn Dash Blocks 

10.  Tula Pink's City Sampler 100 Modern Quilt Blocks (New QA starting 5/7/17 Gnome Angel)

11.  Flower Baskets (blue and white with some applique) Block Lotto win 10/1/18

12.  Pre-printed cross stitch pillow sham (May, 2018 sew-to-go bag)

13.  Bonnie Hunter Garden Party (started 3.18.17.)

14.   Cathy's CRAZY BY DESIGN.  It's the Dot Dot Dash Bag. (new to the list April, 2018)

Quilts back needs to be made (tops are done) 

1. Card Trick (pink and blue) HUGE charity quilt for local quilt guild
2. Hunter green large (bubbly -- will be a challenge to longarm) charity quilt for the local guild
3. Bubble Gum pink and navy charity quilt for local quilt guild
4. Good Fortune -- A Bonnie Hunter Quiltville Mystery started Thanksgiving weekend, 2018
5.  Soul Searching -- Julianne sent it to me 8/29/19!!!

6.  Wings of Spring -- Block Lotto win 3.31.19

Ready to longarm

1.  O - H - I - O quilt 2.5" blocks

2.  Blue & 4-Patch Customer Quilt (CM) -- ready to go NEXT!  Hoping for a Friday Finish 5/2/20

I'm linking up with Susan at Quilt Fabrication for Midweek Makers.